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people don't want medicare -- don't want obama care. it's why republicans said do not do this. and the republicans had a plan. they put a plan out. they put a plan, a bipartisan plan. it was swept aside. i think something this big, this important has to be done on a bipartisan basis and we have to have a president who can reach across the aisle and fashion important legislation with the input from both parties. >> governor romney said this has to be done on a bipartisan baasis. this was a bipartisan idea. in fact it was a republican idea. governor romney at the beginning of his debate said what we did in massachusetts could be a model for the nation. and i agree that the democratic legislators in massachusetts might have given some advice to republicans in congress about how to cooperate. but the fact of the matter is we use the same advisers and they say it's the same plan. when governor romney talks about this board, for example, this unelected board, what this is is a group of doctors, health care experts, et cetera, to figure out ho
people don't want medicare -- don't want obama care. it's why republicans said do not do this. and the republicans had a plan. they put a plan out. they put a plan, a bipartisan plan. it was swept aside. i think something this big, this important has to be done on a bipartisan basis and we have to have a president who can reach across the aisle and fashion important legislation with the input from both parties. >> governor romney said this has to be done on a bipartisan baasis. this was a...
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so after 2013 there is no promise from obama for any american on any tax protection. he's open to raising taxes on anyone and everyone. and he's going to have to because even with his tax increases on the higher income people, he runs a $6.7 trillion debt over the next decade. and that buffett rule tax raises less than 1% of the debt he's running up. he's got to go straight at the heart of the middle class to pay for his bigger government. >> i think it's very interesting. i still have not heard from mr. norquist whether any tax increases should be necessary to deal with the budget deficit and the budget deficit we face as a country. are we going to try to do this all through spending cuts? and if so, how in the world do we do it without eviscerating medicare, medicaid, social security, and military spending? >> well, very clearly as you know, the republicans actually have a plan written down as opposed to obama and the democrats who have no plan to balance the budget written down. the republicans passed through the house paul ryan's budget. paul ryan does for all the
so after 2013 there is no promise from obama for any american on any tax protection. he's open to raising taxes on anyone and everyone. and he's going to have to because even with his tax increases on the higher income people, he runs a $6.7 trillion debt over the next decade. and that buffett rule tax raises less than 1% of the debt he's running up. he's got to go straight at the heart of the middle class to pay for his bigger government. >> i think it's very interesting. i still have...
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obama: the first role of the federal government is to keep the american people safe. that's its most basic function. and as commander in chief, that is something that i have worked on and thought about every single day that i've been in to to -- in the oval office. but i also believe that government has the capacity, the federal government has the capacity to help open up opportunity and create ladders of opportunity and to create framework withs where the person -- frameworks where the american people can succeed. the genius of america is the free enterprise system and freedom and the fact that people can go out there and start a business, work on an idea, make their own decisions. but as abraham lincoln understood, there are also some things we do better together. so in the middle of the civil war, abraham lincoln said let's help to finance the transcontinental railroad. let's start the national academy of sciences. let's start land grant colleges, because we want to give these gateways of opportunity for all americans. because if all americans are getting opportuni
obama: the first role of the federal government is to keep the american people safe. that's its most basic function. and as commander in chief, that is something that i have worked on and thought about every single day that i've been in to to -- in the oval office. but i also believe that government has the capacity, the federal government has the capacity to help open up opportunity and create ladders of opportunity and to create framework withs where the person -- frameworks where the...
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the first role is to keep the american people safe. and that is something that i have worked on and thought about every single day that i have been in the oval office but i also believe that government has the capacity -- the federal government has the capacity to help open up opportunity and create ladders of opportunity and create frameworks where the american people can succeed. the genius of america is the free enterprise system and freedom. people can smart a business work on their own idea and make their own decisions, but as abraham lincoln said there are also things we do better together. he said let's finance the trans transcontinental railroad, and we want to give a gateway of opportunity for all americans. that doesn't restrict people's freedom, that enhances it. so what i have tried to do as president is apply those same principals. when it comes to education i have said we have to reform schools that aren't working. what we have said is to states we'll give you more money if you initiate reforms, and as a consequence you h
the first role is to keep the american people safe. and that is something that i have worked on and thought about every single day that i have been in the oval office but i also believe that government has the capacity -- the federal government has the capacity to help open up opportunity and create ladders of opportunity and create frameworks where the american people can succeed. the genius of america is the free enterprise system and freedom. people can smart a business work on their own...
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instead of fighting for jobs for the american people. it has killed jobs, and the best course for health care is do what we did in my state. craft a machine at tplan at the that fits the needs of the state and focus on getting costs down for people, rather than raise it for a $2,500 additional premium. >> mr. president, the argument against repeal? >> four years ago, i was traveling around having the same conversations governor romney is talking about, and it wasn't just that small businesses were seeing costs skyrocket and they couldn't get affordable coverage even if they wanted to provide it to employees. it wasn't because this was the biggest driver of the federal deficit, but it was families, who were worried about going bankrupt if they got sick. millions of families, all across the country. preexisting condition. might not we able to get coverage at all if they did have coverage, insurance companies might impose an arbitrary limit. so as a consequence, paying premiums, somebody xwets really sick, lo and behold, they don't have eno
instead of fighting for jobs for the american people. it has killed jobs, and the best course for health care is do what we did in my state. craft a machine at tplan at the that fits the needs of the state and focus on getting costs down for people, rather than raise it for a $2,500 additional premium. >> mr. president, the argument against repeal? >> four years ago, i was traveling around having the same conversations governor romney is talking about, and it wasn't just that small...
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keep in mind with early voting under way in 10 states already, many americans have already cast their ballots. still governor romney and presideet obama have plenty of opportunity to hurt or help their campaign in the next nine minutes. no cheering, no. now, the moderator, jim lehrer of pbs. >> good evening from maaness arena at the university of denver in denver colorado. i am jim lehrer of pbs news hour, and i welcome the new to the first of the 2012 presidential debates between president obama, the democratic nominee, and former massachusetts governor, mitt romney, the republican nominee. this debate and the next three, two presidential, one ice- presidential, are sponsored by the commission of presidential debates. tonight's nine minutes will be about he domestic feature and will follow a format designed by the commission. there will be six roughly 15 minute segments with two-minute answers. for the first question, then an open discussion for the remainder of this section. i made the final selections and for the record, they were not submitted for approval to the commissionnare th
keep in mind with early voting under way in 10 states already, many americans have already cast their ballots. still governor romney and presideet obama have plenty of opportunity to hurt or help their campaign in the next nine minutes. no cheering, no. now, the moderator, jim lehrer of pbs. >> good evening from maaness arena at the university of denver in denver colorado. i am jim lehrer of pbs news hour, and i welcome the new to the first of the 2012 presidential debates between...
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before the debate 30%, only 30% said governor romney did. 53% said president obama did. but look at after the debate. romney's numbers almost doubled to 63%. president obama's did move up slightly. he still lead there but romney gained a lot of ground here, scott. >> pelley: anthony, thank you very much. of course as we said this is a little over 400 people who had not made up their minds on which candidate they would support. but john dickerson, what do you make of those numbers. >> those are the people mitt romney needs to talk to. these are the people who are -- they may have voted for president obama in 2008, they like him, but they just are disappointed and the transaction mitt romney needed to start tonight was saying to those people it's okay to leave him and i'm a safe place to go. that jump in the number of people who thought he cared about regular people, that -- if they could have written a perfect script, that's the one the romney people would have written. somebody wrote in to me today and said just after the debate said the governor of massachusetts showed
before the debate 30%, only 30% said governor romney did. 53% said president obama did. but look at after the debate. romney's numbers almost doubled to 63%. president obama's did move up slightly. he still lead there but romney gained a lot of ground here, scott. >> pelley: anthony, thank you very much. of course as we said this is a little over 400 people who had not made up their minds on which candidate they would support. but john dickerson, what do you make of those numbers....
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president obama has become part of the problem, and mitt romney is the solution. the other thing he is, in this country, every generation of americans fixes their problems so they can leave the next generation better off. for the first time in the history of our country we know if we stick with these failed policies of the last four years, we will guarantee our children get a diminished future. we cannot allow that to happen. it is our moral obligation to save the american dream for our children and our grandchildren. [applause] take a look at mitt romney's record. you will know he is the man to lead us. mitt romney knows firsthand what it takes to grow the economy, to grow businesses, to create jobs. he's helped create 10's of thousands of jobs. by the way, being successful in business, that's a good thing! we admire that! we don't envy that. we don't resent that. we want more of that! we want successful people! this is the kind of spirit we need. we have a history of -- he is a man who has taken tough challenges and turning them around. the olympics is part of t
president obama has become part of the problem, and mitt romney is the solution. the other thing he is, in this country, every generation of americans fixes their problems so they can leave the next generation better off. for the first time in the history of our country we know if we stick with these failed policies of the last four years, we will guarantee our children get a diminished future. we cannot allow that to happen. it is our moral obligation to save the american dream for our...